Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-21
The TERRITORY'S NEEDS
What Action Will Congress Take TO
Suppress LaWiessness In the
Indisn Territory!
Nine Deputy United States Marshsls Killed
In L,ss than Two Years-Onl2 One
Murderer Pays tbs Penalty.

FORT SMITH, ARK, Dec. Pet Is the
prevailing opinion out here on The border
that the vast increase of lsRlegsness il
the Indian Territory will induce Con-
gresS st lis present session to open thai
country TO settlement, or, at least, make
IN effort to 90 SO. as il now stands the
government is st sn enormous expense
in its eldasvors to enforce the
laws in that benighted country,
and yet eight criminals out Of ten art
never brought TO jastiCe, while. the mu!-
deriHg OF deputy uIarshtl3 Il becoming 90
common that 10 SUI prise is manifested
when the ten word telegram reaches here
announcing that deputy marshal SO snd
so has just been killed by horse thief
named so and go.
The present United States marshal who
has been IN ofices considerably less than
tWo years has lost nine trusted deputies,
two posses and three guards, all of whom
were murdered while III the discharge OF
their officiGi duties, IS follows:
Jack E Richardson, II ordered by Bill
Pigeon, Cherokee, Who Is still 81
large.
William Erwin, weylaid and murdered
in the ChoCIsw nation by Jack Spsniara
and Frank Palmer fer the purpose OF
rescuiDg prisoner he rad in charge.
T. NJ. Sweden, murdered in the Choc-
tsw nation by unknown parties who will
p}O6abiy never be brought TO Justice.
Captain Sam SiXkiller, murdered ct
Muskogee, Creek Nation. by Dick Vaub
and Az Cunningham. The government
paid $500 for the arrest CT the latter, but
he broke down the Jurisdiction of the
court here, and WAS turned over to the
authorities Of the Greek nation, who al
lowed him 20 escape before trial, and he
is sill a. lsrge. Vsun attempted to as
Sassinate Deputy-Marshal Jackson Ellis,
and was morally wounded by thai { fficer
Captain william FIELDS was murdered
in the Greek nstion by desperate named
Bill Cunius, who was captured and died
here in Jail before his trial came up.
Deputy Dan NAPLES was murdered st
Tahlequab, the capital OF the Cherokee
nation. Ned Christie, Charley BobIsir,
Bud Trainer and John Parish are charged
With this disbolical deed, and the thri e
latter Gle in jail here, while Christie is at
large.
Deputy John Carlton was murdered at
DenisOE, Tex, by g lawlesS negro from
in ISL ct Sherman.
Deputy Frank Dalton Was murdered in
the Cherokee nation by Dave Smith, Lee
Dixon and Will ToWerly. Dave Smith
w1s killed by Deputy Cole e. the same
wounded By Cole, and is now in jill here
recovering. Toweriy escaped and one
week later killed Deputy Ed Stskery and
was himself killed ~ his victim and the
posse lie had with him. The wife of
Dixon WAS killed in the melee with DIAL
ton and Cole, TIE latter also being
wounded. Towerly acknowledged before
he died that he and Smith
had been engaged in horse stealing for
some time. He was killed in his fathers
yard in the presence of his mother and
sisters. He was but nineteen years OLD.
Ben Impson, posse of Deputy Lawrence,
vas murdered by citizen of the Terri
tory and, being himself citizen, this
court had no Jurisdiction in the case,
hence MS murderer has never been mo-
Tested
William Smith, posse, Mark Kuyken-
dali and John Kelly, guards for Deputy
John Phillips, were all murdered the same
night in the Creek Nation oy 8 young In
QiSn named Sea0Orn Green, VINO W3s
arrested, convicted and hung for the
crime.
Henry Miller, guard for Deputy Andy
Smith, was murdered by Cherokee In
disn named Big Chewee, out as Miller
was citizen of the Cherokee Nation also,
the murderer was turned over to
thst government and S jury acquitted him,
notwithstanding it was plain case Of
cold blooded murder.
Thus far it will be seen that only one
Of these murderers of Ulited States offic-
ers in the Indian Territory has been pun
ished under the law, and that was Seeborn
Green.
There is 8 standing reward by the gov.
eminent of $500 each for the arrest of all
murderers of United States officers il
the Territory, who are still alive and at
large, except those over whom the court
here has no jurisdiction.
All the officers murdered were good,
honest, upright citizens.
This state Of affairs will exist in the
Indian Territory so long as Congress al.
lows it to remein as it is, and the ex-
termination of deputy marshals will con-
tinue undated.
& Advice "a Mothers.